Sotsu

Sotsu Co., Ltd. (株式会社創通) is a Japanese advertising agency and, since March 2020, a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings, having substantial relations with it before the acquisition, especially with its now-corporate sibling, Bandai Namco Filmworks.

History
It was founded in 1965 as Toyo Agency (東洋エージェンシー), with it being designated by baseball team Yomiuri Giants as its primary agency for the planning and distribution of the team's merchandising interests. In 1977, it changed its name to Sotsu Agency (創通エージェンシー). The agency was first listed in the JASDAQ stock exchange in 2003. On April 1, 2007, the company changed its name to Sotsu (創通).

It has been involved in the production and licensing of numerous television programs, beginning in 1972 with Thunder Mask. The first anime series it produced was Sunrise's Invincible Super Man Zambot 3, after which the company produced numerous others. In 1979, it produced Mobile Suit Gundam.

In October 2019, Bandai Namco Holdings announced plans to acquire Sotsu, a move which would grant the company rights to the entire Gundam franchise. The next month, however, Chicago, Illinois-based investment firm RMB Capital forced Bandai Namco to raise the tender offer price for Sotsu in a follow-on tender offer targeted at the general shareholders of Sotsu. On March 1, 2020, Sotsu finally became a fully owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco.

Sunrise productions

 * Aura Battler Dunbine
 * Combat Mecha Xabungle
 * Gundam series
 * Haou Taikei Ryū Knight
 * Heavy Metal L-Gaim
 * Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3
 * Invincible Super Man Zambot 3
 * Wild Knights Gulkeeva
 * Metal Armor Dragonar
 * Outlaw Star
 * Saikyō Robo Daiōja
 * Shippu! Iron Leaguer
 * Trider G7

Nippon TV programs

 * Sore Ike! Anpanman
 * Thunder Mask

TV Asahi/ABC programs

 * Burst Angel
 * Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
 * Glass no Kantai
 * SoltyRei
 * Speed Grapher

TV Tokyo programs

 * Battle Hawk (as Toyo Agency)
 * Cardfight Vanguard (formerly aired on TV Aichi for the first season)
 * Capeta
 * Dai-Guard
 * E's Otherwise
 * Earth Girl Arjuna
 * Eat-Man (1997 anime)
 * Eden's Bowy
 * Elemental Gelade
 * Glass no Kamen
 * Grander Musashi RV
 * Hare+Guu
 * Hyper Police
 * Kinkyū Hasshin Saver Kids
 * Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato
 * Doki Doki Densetsu Mahōjin Guru Guru
 * Master of Mosquiton ('99)
 * Papuwa
 * Saber Marionette J
 * Kyatto Ninden Teyandee
 * School Rumble
 * Shadow Skill
 * Shiawa Sesō no Okojo-san
 * Shura no Toki
 * Silent Mobius
 * Simoun
 * Sorcerer Hunters
 * Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna
 * Tekkaman Blade
 * Shin Tenchi Muyo!
 * Those Who Hunt Elves
 * Virus Buster Serge
 * YuruYuri

UHF programs

 * Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni
 * Play Ball
 * Shōnen Onmyōji

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